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(No Model.) J. M. RIBERT.

TOY PISTOL.

No. 548,093. Patented Oct. l5, 1895.

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JOS M. RIBERT, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN E.

HUBLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,093, dated October 15, 1895.

Application led February 19, 1895. Serial No. 539,029. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOS M. RIBERT, of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in toy pistols.

The object of the invention is to provide a pistol of this character which can be cheaply constructed and which is composed of but few parts, which are capable of being readily and easily united and iirmly held together.

The invention comprises a pistol having its body formed in two parts and provided with overlapping portions and held together by a locking member inserted through openings in said overlapping portions. Said locking member is preferably a plate-spring with which the hammer engages. In the sides of the pistolbody are triangular openings in which iit triangular lugs extending from the sides of the combined hammer and trigger The invention further comprises the novel features of construction substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation. Fig. Zis a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view on the line a: Fig. l. Figs. 4 and 5 are inner face views of the two parts of the pistol. Fig. 6 is a view of the hammer. Fig. 7 is a rear end view.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of the pistol, including the handle a and barrel a. This body is longitudinally divided into two corresponding parts or members a2 and CL3. From the barrel portion ct of the part a2 extend two lugs b, with which are designed to interlock two oppositely-extended lugs h of part d3, both of said lugs having overlapping portions b2. The inner edges of the part a2 are slightly tapered at b3 to accommodate the inner portions of the lugs b.

B is the cap-receptacle. It is formed by a bulged or widened portion d of each part a2 and a3 and a flat projection d of the part a3 ex tending into the bulged portion of the part a2 and overlapping the rear wall d2 of the latter. Thus the lower edges of the bulged portions fit snugly together and a continuous groove d5 is formed to receive the cap. The parts or members at the curved portion of the handle end are formed with overlapping tl-shaped flanges C C', which conjointly form an opening e, into which any suitable wedge may be inserted for locking the two parts together.

Alug e projects from the inner face of part a2 near the V- shaped iiange thereof.

D is the hammer, with which is formed the trigger e, all made in one piece. From the sides thereof extend triangular lugs e3, which project into openings e4 in the parts d2 and a3. Each of these openingsy is curved, as at e5, and has tapered walls e6, forming a V, against the vertex of which bears the vertex of the lug which extends into said opening. This constitutes the pivot-bearings for the hammer. In either of the two positions assumed by the hammer one of the tapered sides of each lug bears against the correspondingly-tapered walls of the openings e4, the vertexes of the lugs always remaining in contact with thev vertexes of said openings.

E is a flat plate-spring with which a shoulder f of the hammer is constantly in engagement. This spring is shown as being extended through the coincident openings formed by the overlapping shaped flanges C O', and thus forms the locking-wedge. Said spring is passed over and rests upon the lug e. It is preferred that the platespring should be of sucient length to extend through the openings of the overlapping flanges of the handle portions, and thus reduce the number of parts to four.

From what has been said it will be seen that the two parts are united by interlocking the lugs of the barrel portions and then inserting the plate-sprin g through the openings of the overlapping shaped flanges. The hammer is secured in place between these parts, and the triangular lugs thereof [it against the corresponding portions of the side openings, according as the hammer is raised or lowered.

A toy pistol constructed as herein described too is extremely simple and inexpensive, and is not likely to readily get out of order.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a pistol, the body thereof having opposite openings provided with inclined walls forming a V, and the hammer provided with triangular lugs extending from its sides and fitting in said openings, the reduced points of said lugs fitting against the vertexes of said openings, as set forth.

2. In a pistol, the body thereof divided longitudinally into two parts and having overlapping portions, two of such portions having coincident openings, and a locking member inserted through said coincident openings, substantially as set forth.

3. In a pistol, the body thereof divided longitudinally into two parts having at or near one end overlapping flanges provided with coincident openings, the hammer pivoted between said parts, and the plate-sprin g inserted f through said vcoincident openings and with which said hammer engages, as set forth.

4. In a pistol, the body thereof divided 1ongitudinally into two parts having at or near their forward ends overlapping, interlocking lugs and overlapping V-shaped anges at the rear ends forming coincident openings, the hammer, and the spring therefor inserted through said coincident openings, as set forth.

5. In a pistol, the body thereof divided longitudinally into two parts, each of said parts having a bulged portion forming a cap-receptacle, one of said parts having a flat projection overlapping a portion of the bulged portion of the other part, both of said parts having at their rear ends overlapping V-shaped open flanges, a hammer pivotally mounted between said parts in rear of said cap-receptacle, and a mem ber fitted in said open llanges for securing said parts together, substantially as set forth.

6. The herein-described pistol consisting of the body divided longitudinally into two parts, said parts having the barrel portions provided with overlapping interlocking lugs and at the inner end of said barrel said parts Vare bulged, one of said parts having a dat projection overlapping the bulge of the other part and forming con j unctively the cap-receptacle, V-shaped flanges formed with the handle-end of said parts and having coincident openings, a lug adjacent one of said anges, the hammer interposed between said parts and having side-lugs fitting in openings in said parts, and the plate-spring iitting in said coincident openings of said V-shaped fianges and engaging said hammer, said spring being in engagement with said lug, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Jos M. RIBERT.

Witnesses:

4THOMAS PENDERGAST,

CHAs. E. LONG. 

